br fan said:
I think 75 has done a good job of piecing together an "alternative" version of events that has evidence to support it.
And, of course, that is what "reasonable doubt" is all about, and that is exactly what Paoli's closing statement will be about. That is, is it plausible?
So far, the State is having
the problem with "plausibility," and that's unusual.
Usually, at this point in a trial it's "wow, how's this guy going to get out of this," and then the Defense, in its case in chief, will show how, assuming they can. It's rare to see questions about plausibility reasonably and legitimately raised about the State's case at this stage of the proceedings.
The problem for the State's case is that, given the fumbling contradictions that have so permeated the State's witness testimonies as they appear in the record so far,
without the Defense version being presented yet, the alternative scenario can be plausibly presented
based entirely on the State's own evidence. Dave Paoli could give a closing statement Wednesday that would offer classic reasonable doubt.
The State isn't done yet, but generally on the prosecution side, the strong witnesses go first.